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What a beautiful place Philo Pharm is! It is such a joy to live here surrounded by so many wonderful plants.
Below are some favorites - Passionflower for soothing a racing mind, Ashwaganda to warm and calm, Yarrow which is both a physical and psychic protector and healer, and Wild Mexican Yam (Diascorea villosa) for balancing women's hormones. Scroll down for more!
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| Ashwaganda (Withania somnifera) |
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| Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) |
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| Wild Mexican Yam (Diascora villosa) |
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| snow on redwoods - feb 2011 |
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Calendula officianalis, below, is a very prolific and important plant here. It grows abundantly and reseeds continually. It lends it's amazing healing antibiotic and lymph moving properties to salves and tinctures.
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| Sweet Annie (Artemisia Annua) |
Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua) smells as good as its name. It is used world-wide to treat malaria.
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| Granddaughter Mikaela, a budding plant lover herself. |
Mikaela spends lots of time watering plants and clearly loves them. Watching Mikaela and plants grow bring great joy to Mary Pat and the Philo School.
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| Elecampane (Inula helenium) and Elise |
The Elecampane is a very beautiful tall plant with amazing healing properties for the respiratory and digestive systems. Here student Elise Rodriguez is sheltered and enchanted by the soft leaves.
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